node rotation angles, 28
nodes
sorting by number, 169
/NOERASE command, 246
non-summable data, 191
nonlinear analysis
substeps in, 58
nonlinear load step options, 62
nonlinear material properties, 7
NPRINT command, 215
NUMEXP command, 60
O
ocean loads, 47
/OUTPUT command, 124
output controls, 63
output file, 318
contents of, 124
P
page file, 327-328
parameters
TABLE type, 50
particle flow trace
displaying, 270
particle flow traces, 157
path
defining, 170
mapping results to, 170, 172
operations, 173
plotting and listing, 173
path plots, 156, 173
paths
defining for material library files, 16
pausing the ANSYS program, 252
/PBC command, 272
/PCOPY command, 301
permanent files
definition of, 317
table of, 319
physical memory, 327
PIVCHECK command, 139
PLCPLX command, 280
/PLOPTS command, 246
PLOT command, 299
plots (see Displays)
cracking and crushing, 160
plotting
analysis with nonlinear material properties, 7
areas, 259
elements, 259
generating hardcopy plots, 301
keypoints, 259
lines, 259
models, 3
nodes, 259
replotting, 259
volumes, 259
PLPATH command, 277
PLSECT command, 277
PLTIME command, 280
PLTRAC command, 275
PLVAR command, 277
POST1, 145
POST1 postprocessor, 141
POST26 postprocessor, 141, 201
postprocessing
animation, 287
comparing results files, 196
contour displays, 269
data available for, 142
defining results data to retrieve, 147
definition of, 141
displaced-shape displays, 269
error estimation, 176
graphs, 277
retrieving selected results, 147
reviewing analysis results, 141
selecting logic, 227
splitting large results files, 193
using POST1, 145
using POST26, 201
vector-results displays, 269
PostScript, 239, 300
PowerGraphics, 255
activating, 256
averaging results, 257
changing facets for, 262
characteristics of, 255
how to use, 256
plot characteristics, 256
printing and plotting results, 257
specifying element facets, 256
when to use, 256
Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient (PCG) solver, 115
pressure loads
applying on beams, 35
PRETAB command, 167
pretension loads, 66
primary results data, 142
primary variables, 51
principal stresses
for SHELL61, 150
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